Potential benefits and costs of concurrent task engagement to maintain vigilance: A driving simulator investigation

Human Factors

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-12

  Atchley, Paul ^a,b   Chan, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b Department of Psychology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

concurrent task; countermeasures; driver safety; lane keeping performance; monotony; vigilance

Indexed keywords

CONCURRENT TASKS; COUNTERMEASURES; DRIVER SAFETY; LANE-KEEPING PERFORMANCE; MONOTONY; VIGILANCE;

AUTOMATION; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

AUTOMOBILE SIMULATORS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CAR DRIVING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ATTENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955877544     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: 15478181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018720810391215     Document Type: Article

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